Author Archives: jgsmith

Last Friday The Tech Takeout Crew spent the day working with 4th grade at Chamberlayne Elementary. The teachers wanted us to focus on vocabulary, specifically affixes (prefixes, root words and suffixes). We find that affixes is a weak skill across the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I have had SO much fun working with Mr. Vanlandingham’s 2nd grade class at Mehfoud Elementary. Mehfoud is a MindUp school which means students “learn to self-regulate behavior and mindfully engage in focused concentration required for academic success.” Mr. Van’s class has … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Mrs. Fugate’s 2nd graders at Mehfoud Elementary have been studying poetry. In honor of Valentine’s Day we created Valentine Haiku poems using Read, Write, Think’s Theme Poems generator. When you launch the website you are asked to select a theme. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I am so excited! The latest episode of Math on the Spot has been uploaded to the blog. This time the Elementary ITRTs participated in a bowling competition at Bowl America. Each team bowled a round, figured out the fraction … Continue reading → Continue reading →

  Mrs. Ives’ 4th graders have been working on sequencing in their writing. Last week each student wrote a 5 paragraph “How to Build a Snowman” paper by going through the steps of the writing process. Today I got to help … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today I worked in 3 different 3rd grade classrooms at the same school and all of the teachers requested to cover how molecules behave differently in solids, liquids and gases. I didn’t want to do the same lesson all three times … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today Mrs. Newsome at HSES invited me to her classroom to introduce her kindergartners to some new apps they could use during their word study center. We went over a few of the apps that are on our image and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I had a blast with Ms. Hazelgrove and her 2nd graders today as we created math word problems involving addition with regrouping. Before I came in, Ms. Hazelgrove had her students write a snow themed math word problem that involved … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Shannon Hyman, Kaechele Elementary’s librarian, invited #TechTakeout to her AMAZING MakerFest Day to run ten different stations. Each one of the stations highlighted a tool that the students would have access to in the Kaechele Makerspace located in the library. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Mrs. Riddell’s 1st grade class at Glen Allen Elementary has been working on the reading skill, Making Predictions. Today we did a fun activity using the website, Epic, and the iPad app, Doodle Buddy. Originally Mrs. Riddell and I had … Continue reading → Continue reading →